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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 1m

Universalism for me, totalitarianism for thee.

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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 3m

Can’t remember who first mentioned this, but it’s true: centrist liberals lack the conviction of the ethnonationalists, but also don’t really believe even in their varieties of weak universalism.

Snowden St. @snowden.st · 2h

At least in the historical record of the 21st century (or post 9/11), the Democratic Party’s main objection *has* been the tone/tenor of immigration enforcement. Obama was the Deporter in Chief until the second Trump administration, the numbers don’t lie.

good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 3h

what is the official Democratic Party response to the violent detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants. what is it. what do we find officially objectionable about what is going on - that they're being too mean about it, that they're being sloppy?

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 15m

Elections are driven by wealth inequality or we would have different elected leaders.

There's no free press, no free market, no actual free or fair elections and no genuine democracy anywhere in the world.

The math problem is merely a byproduct of tyranny. Revolutionary war is the only answer.

Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 15m

Elections are driven by wealth inequality or we would have different elected leaders.

There's no free press, no free market, no actual free or fair elections and no genuine democracy anywhere in the world.

The math problem is merely a byproduct of tyranny. Revolutionary war is the only answer.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 21m

Basically, what a lot of folks are doing is asserting “Elections are driven by inflation and cost of living” and then adding a thousand caveats until all the obvious rebuttals and counterexamples go away. And that is literally the definition of p-hacking and it’s extremely terrible analytic practice

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 1h

John Fetterman: It's such small thing. How small it is. Let's open the governor.

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 2h

Maria Bartiromo: Is this shutdown happening because Chuck Schumer and Democrats want to get up at that No Kings rally and say they're fighting Trump?
John Fetterman: (Rambling non-answer.)

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Craig Clark (he/him) @cclark112263.bsky.social · 2h

Fetterman is a fuckin’ Zionist

Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 2h

John Fetterman on his reaction to the fake Trump ceasefire: "Absolute elation. Everyone should be celebrating. Clearly the Palestinians are. It was never about peace, it was about an anti-Israel agenda. Now you can rebuild Gaza."

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 2h

(This is Russian disinfo, btw)

Unfounded Xi Jinping "stroke" rumors fanned by Russian media

In 2022 rumors swirled that Xi had been hospitalized due to an aneurysm

www.newsweek.com

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 2h

John Fetterman on his reaction to the fake Trump ceasefire: "Absolute elation. Everyone should be celebrating. Clearly the Palestinians are. It was never about peace, it was about an anti-Israel agenda. Now you can rebuild Gaza."

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 2h

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo: My sources are telling me Xi Jinping is not as powerful as people believe, he had a mini-stroke and they took away oversight of the military and gave it to his brother. People in China understand this.

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 2h

Joe Biden also wrote a proclamation honoring Colonizer Columbus for each of the 4 years of his presidency.

A Proclamation on Columbus Day, 2024 | The White House

Today, we celebrate the proud heritage of Italian Americans in our Nation, whose contributions and character have shaped our country's

bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 2h

Fox News is claiming that states celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day, and that Trump brought it back from Joe Biden. This is unfortunately false, Biden didn't get rid of Colonizer Day. It remains a federal holiday for the entire country.

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Matt Leeds @mleeds2048.bsky.social · 2h

OMG… This Is Spot On Performance by Amy Poehler On SNL as The LIAR BITCH Pam Bondi. The Disgusting Low Life SCUM, Dead Inside NAZI White Trash, Criminal, Racist, & EVIL Sociopath, & Mobster’s Lawyer. Bondi Would Have Been Hitler’s Lawyer. She Knocked It Out Of The Park…👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Thank You Amy…

Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 14h

Amy Poehler is Pam Bondi: SNL Cold Open)

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 3h

This is ad hoc. The rich know the average person doesn't want Nazism/cultism. They're the ones running Nazi cult group chats. Elon Musk is literally running a cult called The Noetic Order. The intent is to brainwash people into modern day slavery.
It works - cultists haven't sold their Nazi Teslas.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 3h

They have sincerely convinced themselves that the average person wants Nazism. They hang out in group chats where Nazism is based and cool and they’ve been convinced this is a popular agenda

scorch forever @willcrist.bsky.social · 3h

It’s kinda wild how modern ultra wealthy people missed the memo that if you build trains and libraries and museums and fund the arts people are generally less likely to want you dead?

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📎Wicked Lizzie @wicked-lizzie.bsky.social · 3h

🤣🤣🤣 amazing
#NoKings
#NoFear
#DeportICE

Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 1d

CNN searched for ANTIFA in Portland, here's what they found: Bananas, Frogs, a Unicorn, dance parties, and a guy who doesn't know what any of this is and just wants ICE to leave. (Also look how they treated reporter Shimon Prokupecz.)

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 3h

"We love this song because we don't understand any of the lyrics or know what it's about" sums up Trump's entire approach to music.

Nsignificannot @nsignificannot.bsky.social · 3h

www.thedailybeast.com/dhs-hits-bac...

Wow! They’re going to raid the White House?

DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told TMZ, “‘Pink Pony Club’ is good. Pedophiles are bad. That’s who we’re getting off of our streets. Get a grip.”

DHS Hits Back at Pop Star Who Cursed ICE Out at Concert

The DHS responded to Chappell Roan’s condemnation of ICE at her Friday concert in Los Angeles.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Frank J. Kadel, D.O. FACOS @getfitnbelean.bsky.social · 9h

I mean, in his defense, they killed an exceptionally large number of people. Tens of thousands. Thank god that's not the rule.

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 22h

Jared Kushner: "I couldn't be more proud of the State of Israel, instead of replicating the barbarism of the enemy, you chose to be exceptional." (This is false, they did genocide.)

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 14h

Amy Poehler is Pam Bondi: SNL Cold Open)

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 3h

I am the ANTIFA. We exist now, and we will have revolution and defeat the US government, and make a system that is actually run by and works for the people. America has always been a scam. USA is the enemy.

Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 3h

There are no good millionaires or billionaires, and America needs full dekulakization. All rich people got rich by lying, stealing and cheating. They are all a scourge. The imminent revolutionary war will fix everything.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 3h

It’s bonkers. Like say what you will about Andrew Carnegie but after getting wealthy beyond compare he built libraries. Thiel and Musk and Ellison have been like “what if we restored the third reich? what if I became Big Brother? what if we ushered in an age of superstition, wouldn’t that be neat”

John Castiglione @johncastiglione.bsky.social · 2d

I want 10,000 words longform on how these drug-addled creeps have all openly embraced literal villainy. Like, the most clownish form of "I want to look evil." This feels different than a lot of their historical predecessors!

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 3h

This is the same thing Elon Musk said Twitter would do.

It's the same thing Mark Zuckerberg thinks Meta will do.

It's the thing Google has tried to do for years but cannot do.

Amazon and Jeff Bezos tried this and can't either.

Billionaires, stop trying to rule everyone and everything.

The Verge @theverge.com · 5h

ChatGPT is becoming an everything app

In this week’s Installer: Tim Robinson, AI art, and Battlefield 6.

buff.ly

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Darla Krusee @darla.bsky.social · 4h

SNL went all in last night... 🤣😆🍿

Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 14h

Amy Poehler is Pam Bondi: SNL Cold Open)

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4h

Join us TODAY to make No Kings posters @raygunsite.com from 2-4pm✨🪧🎨

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

Join me and Demi Palecek this Sunday at @raygunsite.com for a sign-making event in Andersonville on October 12, just before No Kings Day!

We'll provide crafting supplies, food, and drinks—just bring your favorite tagline to make some posters with us!

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Fran @realbeth.bsky.social · 13h

Three Nazi!

Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 22h

Jared Kushner: "I couldn't be more proud of the State of Israel, instead of replicating the barbarism of the enemy, you chose to be exceptional." (This is false, they did genocide.)

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